Vancouver Browncoats produce fan tv-show based on Firefly

POSTED BY: Oxyopia
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 19:14
VIEWED: 16673
PAGE 4 of 5

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 NEXT PAGE

MICJWELCH

Sunday, March 19, 2006 3:16 PM

This is just a shameless try to keep this thread where people can see it. I've been wondering if any fan films would show up. It's not like we don't have enough scripts.

I wonder if Joss Whedon would be able to do the same that George Lucas did and make it perfectly legal and all that for fan films... It sounds like he wants to, but it may not be in his contracts.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

DANIELFYRE

Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:43 PM

This is just a general quesiton about Joss's terms. He said "wicked cool" I'm from MA and I was under the impression "wicked" was mostly only said around here and other parts of the country other people would look at you like "what?" if you said it. Have I been misinformed or do other people outside of MA use "wicked"?

-Dan

Ain't that just shiny?

MICJWELCH

Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:16 PM

If I remember correctly it was used a lot in Mr Deeds. It may have caught on after that.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

TETRACANTH

Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:51 PM

Well, the term "wicked" does get used out here in British Columbia, and has been known to be uttered on the Into The Black set every now and then.

WHOME

Monday, March 20, 2006 6:06 PM

Quote:
I find it much less intimidating writing in someone else's 'verse than my own. (Hey! Double meaning...LOL) The creative process has already begun for you: the characters are already fleshed out and a lot of the atmosphere is already done for you.

Which is why I said that stuff about "writing exercise." Anyone who ever tried to be a writer (myself included) went through that phase of trying to emulate someone else's work, or "being inspired" by someone, or whatever. I used to write fanfic-like stories when I was a teenager, too. Lots of people did. It's fun. I'm just saying, I'd like to see what some of these people can really do once they stretch their muscles and start creating their own universes. When they start paying more attention to "fanon" than canon, and create whole new characters and situations, they're most of the way there, anyway.

Not all writers are thrilled by fanfiction based on their work. Anne McAffrey, for one, has some pretty strict rules about it. I know that at one point she was prohibiting any publication of it (including posting on websites). Now she's just got some "no slash, stick to the truth of the universe, and please use good taste" guidelines. And, while JK Rowling has said things like "I'm so glad to have ispired so much creativity," I've also read interviews where both she and the actors from the Harry Potter movies have expressed some alarm at some of the sex and violence in related fanfiction.

I know some people are going to be annoyed by my comments. To be clear: I've never seen this Vancouver show. For all I know, it's brilliant. My comments are on fandom creations in general.

OXYOPIA

Monday, March 20, 2006 9:02 PM

Howdy, all. It's been a while since I checked out this thread and I am excited to find that so many of you are as interested in this as I am.

I went to the 'Into the Black' site this afternoon and noticed a posting entitled 'Nathan Fillion supports "Into the Black"'. The link is included below. Well worth a read.

http://www.intotheblack.ca/index.php?q=node/144

-Oxy

------------------------------------------------
'What people call impossible is just stuff they
haven't seen yet...'

AURRA

Monday, March 20, 2006 10:53 PM

In regards to this whole "fan fiction" thing, I personally think that writing someone else's character can sometimes be harder than writing your own. You have to stick to a very rigid definition of something that someone else has created. That said, fan fiction is usually just harmless fun. I don't think that the majority of people who write fan fiction have aspirations of becoming published writers. I don't see why so many people have problems with it.

In relation to our project - we are not using any previously created characters. We are simply using the same setting, and the same "tone". Other than that, it is an entirely original creation. A great deal of thought went into it.

Still, some people are going to ask why we are doing something based on a previously existing property, rather than doing something on our own. Why? Because we can. We're geeks, and we love Firefly, and this give us an excuse to hang out together, and do something we love. Who cares if anyone watches it in the end? It has been an absolute blast so far, and we're having a good time with it.

But in terms of the audience - fan films have one built right in. Star Trek fans will watch Star Trek fan films. Star Wars fans will watch Star Wars fan films. Hopefully, Firefly fans will watch our little fan film. Having a built in audience is quite the benefit. If we had instead gotten together and done a great coming of age story about a young girl and her pet iguana - we would have had a hell of a time getting people to watch it. By doing a fan film, hopefully some of the browncoats out there can have a helluva time right along with us!

FIRESTALKER

Monday, March 20, 2006 11:28 PM

There is another fan film in the works as well. I'm on the writing staff there. We have two scripts in the works right now. Check out the original thread I started a long time ago.

http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=14949

Also check out our website. We don't have much, but we have some shiny concept art for the characters and the story pretty much ironed out.

Check it out.
http://www.fireflylives.co.nr/

Be kind...

Firestalker

EDIT: I should warn you though.... We haven't hidden the story very well so if your dedicated enough you can happen on it. We have a rich background to all of the characters, so if you don't want to know what that history is I suggest you stay out of the Writing Forumn. Just a friendly warning.

-------------------------------------------------
"You know what the definition of a hero is? Someone that gets other people killed."

AURRA

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:21 AM

I heard about that one a while back, but I wasn't sure if anything was being done about it!

I guess fan films are bustin' out at the seams now!

FIRESTALKER

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:54 PM

Once we got the website we pretty much stayed there to converse on the story. It was slow going [mainly because we took a democratic approach to the script], but it's finally just about done, the script that is.

We hoping for a few episodes if possible, but we're going to do the first if it's not so at least we'll have that one.

We have a shiny poster on the way and some concept art for the characters. We also have some early CGI work done by myself and some others on the site. Fletch[designated leader] is in the process of making t-shirts. Once the script is done we're hoping to drum up some support of the project so we can start filming soon. Hopefully this summer.

We plan to start looking for actors when the scripts finished and we decide how's the best way to do it. Hopefully you all like it when it's finished. We're working really hard to give a rich story and character development, with a mix of action. Just about everything that it loved about Firefly.

-------------------------------------------------
"You know what the definition of a hero is? Someone that gets other people killed."

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 NEXT PAGE